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Iranian presidential candidates Saeed Jalili and Massoud Pezeshkian will contest a run-off vote with neither able to secure an outright majority in the first round of the election on Saturday as the country looks to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash earlier this year.
Reformist Pezeskhian headed the polls in the first round of the election, according to preliminary results, with 42.5 per cent of the vote. In comparison, Jalili finished a close second with 38.6 per cent. Turnout was just 40 per cent, the lowest in the Islamic Republic's history since 1979.
Archive footage captured on June 13 shows Jalili meeting his supporters at campaign events in Arak and Qom.
Jalili has previously voiced opposition to the Iran nuclear deal for 'not solving the people's problems'. In televised debates, he stated that 'we ought to make the enemy regret the sanctions'. He has also advocated for opening up to countries in Latin America and Africa that 'have common ground' with Iran.
Saeed Jalili was born on September 6, 1965, in Mashhad, northeastern Iran. He served in the Imam Reza-21 Brigade's surveillance and monitoring unit in the province of Khorasan. He graduated from Imam Sadiq University with a master's degree in Islamic knowledge and had a PhD in political science in 2002.
Under former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he led nuclear negotiations. In 2008, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei designated him as his representative on the Supreme National Security Council. Three times, Jalili ran for Iranian president, the first in 2013, finishing third, and the second in the 13th presidential election held in 2021, where he withdrew in favour of the late President Ebrahim Raisi two days before the vote.
Four of the six candidates endorsed by the Guardian Council competed in the first round of Iran's early presidential elections on Friday. The polls were conducted within the constitutionally mandated time, within 50 days following the aircraft crash that claimed the lives of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several other officials, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in May.
Saeed Jalili finishes second in the first round of Iran's presidential elections *ARCHIVE*
Iranian presidential candidates Saeed Jalili and Massoud Pezeshkian will contest a run-off vote with neither able to secure an outright majority in the first round of the election on Saturday as the country looks to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash earlier this year.
Reformist Pezeskhian headed the polls in the first round of the election, according to preliminary results, with 42.5 per cent of the vote. In comparison, Jalili finished a close second with 38.6 per cent. Turnout was just 40 per cent, the lowest in the Islamic Republic's history since 1979.
Archive footage captured on June 13 shows Jalili meeting his supporters at campaign events in Arak and Qom.
Jalili has previously voiced opposition to the Iran nuclear deal for 'not solving the people's problems'. In televised debates, he stated that 'we ought to make the enemy regret the sanctions'. He has also advocated for opening up to countries in Latin America and Africa that 'have common ground' with Iran.
Saeed Jalili was born on September 6, 1965, in Mashhad, northeastern Iran. He served in the Imam Reza-21 Brigade's surveillance and monitoring unit in the province of Khorasan. He graduated from Imam Sadiq University with a master's degree in Islamic knowledge and had a PhD in political science in 2002.
Under former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he led nuclear negotiations. In 2008, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei designated him as his representative on the Supreme National Security Council. Three times, Jalili ran for Iranian president, the first in 2013, finishing third, and the second in the 13th presidential election held in 2021, where he withdrew in favour of the late President Ebrahim Raisi two days before the vote.
Four of the six candidates endorsed by the Guardian Council competed in the first round of Iran's early presidential elections on Friday. The polls were conducted within the constitutionally mandated time, within 50 days following the aircraft crash that claimed the lives of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several other officials, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in May.
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Iranian presidential candidates Saeed Jalili and Massoud Pezeshkian will contest a run-off vote with neither able to secure an outright majority in the first round of the election on Saturday as the country looks to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash earlier this year.
Reformist Pezeskhian headed the polls in the first round of the election, according to preliminary results, with 42.5 per cent of the vote. In comparison, Jalili finished a close second with 38.6 per cent. Turnout was just 40 per cent, the lowest in the Islamic Republic's history since 1979.
Archive footage captured on June 13 shows Jalili meeting his supporters at campaign events in Arak and Qom.
Jalili has previously voiced opposition to the Iran nuclear deal for 'not solving the people's problems'. In televised debates, he stated that 'we ought to make the enemy regret the sanctions'. He has also advocated for opening up to countries in Latin America and Africa that 'have common ground' with Iran.
Saeed Jalili was born on September 6, 1965, in Mashhad, northeastern Iran. He served in the Imam Reza-21 Brigade's surveillance and monitoring unit in the province of Khorasan. He graduated from Imam Sadiq University with a master's degree in Islamic knowledge and had a PhD in political science in 2002.
Under former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he led nuclear negotiations. In 2008, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei designated him as his representative on the Supreme National Security Council. Three times, Jalili ran for Iranian president, the first in 2013, finishing third, and the second in the 13th presidential election held in 2021, where he withdrew in favour of the late President Ebrahim Raisi two days before the vote.
Four of the six candidates endorsed by the Guardian Council competed in the first round of Iran's early presidential elections on Friday. The polls were conducted within the constitutionally mandated time, within 50 days following the aircraft crash that claimed the lives of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several other officials, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in May.